View report page

50
Maternity and Child Welfare.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
General Arrangements.
The general scheme in operation in Ealing for attending
to the health of expectant and nursing mothers and
children under five years of age may be summarized
as follows :
Arrangements for the care of the mother :
1. The supervision of mid wives.
2. The visiting of expectant mothers by health
visitors.
3. Consultations for expectant mothers. (Ante-
Natal Clinic—Dr. Bell).
4. Home helps when necessary.
5. Maternity (midwife) aid when necessary.
6. Medical aid when the midwife requires skilled
help.
7. Consultant aid (Dr. Bell) when the medical
attendant requires assistance in abnormal or
complicated confinements.
8. Hospital provision for normal and abnormal or
complicated confinements.
9. Nursing at home of cases of puerperal fever.
10. Treatment at the Isolation Hospital of cases
of puerperal fever.
11. Dental treatment and the provision of artificial
dentures at the School Clinic for nursing
and expectant mothers.
12. The provision of milk free of charge for necessitous
nursing or expectant mothers .
13. The treatment of diseases of women (after
effects of abnormal or complicated confinements)
at the King Edward Hospital.